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We've seen a number of web companies and startups adopt Facebook Connect for user log in and instant social integration, and we've even seen CBS add it to TV.com, but an announcement from NBC Universal has just made the spotlight on Facebook Connect ...

When Facebook Connect first launched for the iPhone in March, we said that it would " up many new avenues for developers (and users)." Indeed, Facebook Connect means that iPhone developers have access to rich social graph and profile data from Facebo...

Facebook Connect is an exceptionally useful technology for web developers. Not only can they offer Facebook users one-click registration and sign-in, but by accessing profile and social graph information, Facebook Connect gives developers a way to cr...

Thanks to its user-driven translation program, Facebook is available in 64 different languages. Now, the social network is extending its translations to Facebook Connect, the platform that lets third-party websites offer Facebook login to their users...

Spymaster has been on a tear since the guys at iList gave life to this addicting and intricate Twitter game. In the past few weeks they've evolved the game play, added a business model (keep reading for more details), and are now bringing the spy act...

oDesk is already a fantastic tool for freelancers and web workers, but today they're getting even more useful. The site that connects buyers (service seekers) with providers (freelancers) is now utilizing Facebook Connect to add social utility to the...

It’s been nearly a year since Facebook announced Facebook Connect, featuring Hulu as one of its marquee partners. However, we’re yet to see Facebook’s identity service rolled out as an option for signing up on the site, and now, rival TV.com has beat...

The Washington Post has pushed out Facebook Connect integration, allowing readers to login to the site using their Facebook credentials as opposed to a WashingtonPost.com account. On the surface, this is a really simple implementation that makes it e...

As we reported this morning, Google is expecting a flood of new Android-powered phones to hit the market this year. With more handsets being used by more people, the opportunity to develop applications for Android will become increasingly attractive....

There once was a time when our Facebook friends wanted nothing to do with our Twitter updates. Now that Twitter is growing at an astounding rate and rounding the mainstream bend, more of our Facebook friends have developed a fancy for Twitter themsel...

We already knew that this year’s fbFund – Facebook’s incubator program that invests in startups building apps on the platform – would be focused on companies using Facebook Connect. Today, as Facebook revealed the first 25 of 50 finalists for the pro...

Digg has just rolled out its long anticipated integration of Facebook Connect. The move allows non-Digg users to sign into the social news site using their Facebook credentials, while enabling current Digg users to connect their account with the soci...

Twitter has quietly given some developers access to a new feature, Sign in with Twitter, which uses Twitter's new OAuth technology to allow people to log into and access 3rd party websites using their Twitter accounts. Sound familiar? On the surface,...

Just a few weeks ago Facebook Connect for the iPhone was officially announced with a few updated apps debuting their brand new integration features. Given the value of having instant access to your Facebook friends from your favorite iPhone apps, we ...

For a long time, Facebook was a walled garden, not allowing Facebook data to be used or shared on other websites. Last year however, that all changed with the launch of Facebook Connect. Since then, hundreds of websites have adopted the platform to a...

Netflix API is resulting in some cool mashups lately. The other day we wrote about semantic movie search engine Jinni making use of the API. Today, Netflix has announced integration with Facebook Connect. This integration lets you post movies you've ...

Today Facebook announced a new round of competition for the fbFund, the seed fund for Facebook applications managed by Facebook, Accel Partners, and The Founders Fund that has invested in several dozen companies so far. Josh Elman, Facebook's Platfor...

Facebook's Dave Morin took the stage in a SXSW Interactive session dubbed, "The Search for a More Social Web," to talk about how communication has evolved and what Facebook is doing to take your social graph to the next level. Morin focused on Facebo...

You've got options when it comes to iPhone apps designed to help you capture moments in time, but the Whrrl v2.0 iPhone app hopes to help you combine photos, stories, and your location with the photos and stories of your friends for a collective stor...

In what both brands hope will be another successful melding of mainstream and social media, CNN and Facebook are set for a rerun of their successful live streaming partnership during the Presidential Inauguration. On Tuesday evening, President Obama'...

It began with Obama's inauguration and continued with live chat on NBA All-Star games, but live streaming accompanied by live Facebook chat is a growing trend. During The Academy Awards tomorrow night, the high definition video and movie site Jaman w...

Social is the new trend for both Google and Facebook's Connect platforms. Just a week after Google's social bar announcement, Facebook's getting even more social too. The social networking powerhouse is making it even easier for bloggers and publishe...

We fell in love with Gist instantly and think it's a power networker's fantasy service. Now, just two weeks after our first post, Gist is souping up its offering with even more goodies. You'll notice the bonus features and updates, which were pushed ...

Facebook announced this afternoon that it’s joining the OpenID Foundation – an interesting move considering that Facebook Connect, the company’s identity platform for third-party websites, has so far looked like more of a competitor to OpenID than an...

Whether you've got a bad ass iPhone or a just bad phone, if you can send and receive text messages you can vastly simplify your mobile lifestyle with 5 numbers - 59479 - that might prove to be a lifesaver (especially if you forgot to record the super...

Facebook Connect mania has swept the Internet! Why create an account on a random website when you can click a single button to join? That is the power of Facebook Connect, which allows websites, software, and even mobile devices to integrate with Fac...

Workstir is a relatively new site you might not be immediately familiar with; it’s a service for submitting work requests for everything from home repairs to web design, where people looking for work can then browse those listings and submit bids. Th...

We’ve seen a number of Facebook Connect-related announcements over the past couple days, including Movable Type and Disqus, that make it easier for websites to implement the portable identity service. Thus, it’s not too surprising that Facebook has j...

Facebook Connect created a bit of a problem for third-party commenting plugins like Disqus. One of the original premises of their business – that having one login that worked across blogs would increase comments – is severely threatened by Facebook, ...

Google Friend Connect has just pushed live an implementation with Twitter, allowing you to see which of the people you follow on the service are members of sites that have Friend Connect enabled. Additionally, you can notify your Twitter followers th...

In an effort to remind people that it had a horse in the identity management race, MySpace last night announced MySpace ID – essentially a rename of the MySpace Data Availability project launched earlier this year to allow users to login with their M...

Facebook Connect is now open for business, allowing any developer to let users login to their websites using their Facebook credentials. Additionally, other key Facebook features, like your friends list, can now be integrated into third-party applica...

Google Friend Connect, the company’s identity management offering for developers, is now available for anyone to signup without waiting to be whitelisted. Similar to Facebook Connect and MySpace Data Availability, the basic premise is that you can lo...

If you said that they both posed topless, well, you’d be correct. The actual answer I was driving at was that they’ve both had their Facebook accounts deleted. According to Nick O’Neill at All Facebook, there are (not surprisingly) quite a few Lindsa...

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